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Megachilidae

Common names: mason bees

Taxonomy: Animalia > Arthropoda > Insecta > Hymenoptera > Megachilidae

Roles: study subject

ITIS TSN: 154365

Synonyms: Megachilids

External: RMBL Collections

Papers: 80 | Mentions: 89

Local Knowledge Graph (Top 77 entities)

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Publications (80)

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Fitness costs and benefits of a non-native floral resource for subalpine solitary bees

2025OikosRole: text_match

student_paper

Foraging preferences of generalist Megachilidae

2025Role: text_match

article

Shorter seasonal snow cover poses a risk to solitary bee populations in a mountainous ecosystem

2025Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological SciencesRole: text_match

article

Up high, hot and dry: Individual reproductive output in subalpine bees declines with increasing drought severity

2025Global Change BiologyRole: text_match

thesis

Phenological drivers and consequences for solitary bees

2024Role: text_match

article

Pollen chemical and mechanical defences restrict host-plant use by bees

2024Proceedings of the Royal Society BRole: text_match

student_paper

Solitary bee genera differ in foraging activity timing and temperature; Evidence of a seasonal dietary shift in Hoplitis fulgida

2024Role: text_match

student_paper

How season length and diet breadth limit mason bee success across an elevational gradient

Documents (1)

federal proposed rule

Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; Designation of Critical Habitat for Ipomopsis polyantha (Pagosa skyrocket), Penstemon debilis (Parachute beardtongue), and Phacelia submutica (DeBeque phacelia)

Co-occurring Species

2023Role: text_match

student_paper

Looking through leftovers: an analysis of bee bowl bycatch

2023Role: study subject

thesis

The causes and consequences of pollen defence

2023Role: text_match

thesis

Bumble bee queen plasticity and social regulation of traits

2022Role: text_match

student_paper

Effects of Temperature on Voltinism in Subalpine Potter Wasps (Vespidae: Eumeninae)

2022Role: text_match

article

Life-history traits predict responses of wild bees to climate variation

2022Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological SciencesRole: text_match

thesis

Perturbations in plant-pollinator networks: Integrating theoretical and empirical approaches to understand responses to global change

2022Role: text_match

article

Removing flowers of a generalist plant changes pollinator visitation, composition, and interaction network structure

2022EcosphereRole: text_match

article

Simultaneous niche expansion and contraction in plant–pollinator networks under drought

2022OikosRole: text_match

thesis

Tritrophic mutualisms in a changing climate

2022Role: text_match

article

Chemical Variation among Castes, Female Life Stages and Populations of the Facultative Eusocial Sweat Bee Halictus rubicundus (Hymenoptera: Halictidae)

2021Journal of Chemical EcologyRole: text_match

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Chemical Variation among Castes, Female Life Stages and Populations of the Facultative Eusocial Sweat Bee Halictus rubicundus (Hymenoptera: Halictidae)

2021Journal of Chemical EcologyRole: text_match

student_paper

Effects of Climate Variation and Nesting Traits on Sex Ratios of Adult Solitary Bees

2021Role: text_match

article

Experimental Test of the Combined Effects of Water Availability and Flowering Time on Pollinator Visitation and Seed Set

2021Frontiers of Ecology & EvolutionRole: text_match

article

From the ground up: Building predictions for how climate change will affect belowground mutualisms, floral traits, and bee behavior

2021Climate Change EcologyRole: text_match

article

Global Warming, Advancing Bloom and Evidence for Pollinator Plasticity from Long-Term Bee Emergence Monitoring

2021InsectsRole: text_match

student_paper

Impacts of brood parasites, floral abundance, and bee age on maternal investment in a solitary bee, Osmia iridis

2021Role: text_match

thesis

The effects of anthropogenic change on pollination in plant-pollinator communities

2021Role: text_match

article

Understanding pollen specialization in mason bees: a case study of six species

2021OecologiaRole: text_match

article

Bee phenology is predicted by climatic variation and functional traits

2020Ecology LettersRole: text_match

student_paper

Climate Change and Parasitism: An Investigation into Parasitic Bees' Climate Responses as Compared to their Hosts

2020Role: text_match

article

Pollinator visitation rate and effectiveness vary with flowering phenology

2020American Journal of BotanyRole: text_match

thesis

Adaptation and diversification of bluebells Mertensia spp., Boranginaceae

2019Role: text_match

student_paper

Effects of weather and floral density on foraging activity of cavity nesting bees ( Osmia spp.)

2019Role: text_match

thesis

Floral reward strategies, visitor behavior, and plant reproductive outcomes

2019Role: text_match

thesis

How vulnerable are pollen-specialist solitary bees to temperature-mediated shifts in the timing of food availability?

2019Role: text_match

student_paper

Niche breadth changes in response to environmental perturbation: the impact of early snowmelt on subalpine plant-pollinator specialization

2019Role: text_match

article

Pollen and vegetative secondary chemistry of three pollen-rewarding lupines

2019American Journal of BotanyRole: text_match

article

The function of floral orientation in bluebells: interactions with pollinators and rain in two species of Mertensia (Boraginaceae)

2019Journal of Plant EcologyRole: text_match

article

Two-year bee or not two-year bee? How voltinism is affected by temperature and season length in a high-elevation solitary bee

2019American NaturalistRole: text_match

thesis

Effects of Climate Change on Plants, Pollinators and Their Interactions

2018Role: text_match

thesis

Examining the impact of pollen diet composition on bee development and lifespan

2018Role: text_match

student_paper

Nesting Preferences of Osmia Bees in the Rocky Mountains

2018Role: text_match

article

Nesting aggregation as a predictor of brood parasitism in mason bees (Osmia spp.)

2018Ecological EntemologyRole: text_match

article

Direct benefits and indirect costs of warm temperatures for high-elevation populations of a solitary bee

2017EcologyRole: text_match

article

Interactions between bee foraging and floral resource phenology shape bee populations and communities

2017Current Opinion in Insect ScienceRole: text_match

article

Interannual bumble bee abundance is driven by indirect climate effects on floral resource phenology

2017Ecology LettersRole: text_match

thesis

Plant-Pollinator Interactions and Environmental Change: Effects of Experimental Changes in Phenology and Water Availability on a Montane Wildflower

2017Role: text_match

student_paper

Selection for early reproduction in the solitary bee Hoplitis fulgida

2017Role: text_match

student_paper

Variability in the effectiveness of Penstemon strictus pollinators and the role that water availability plays

2017Role: text_match

article

Asteraceae pollen provisions protect Osmia mason bees (Hymenoptera: Megachilidae) from brood parasitism

2016American NaturalistRole: text_match

thesis

Nesting aggregation as a determinant of brood parasitism in mason bees (Osmia spp.)

2016Role: text_match

thesis

Temporal ecology of a subalpine ecosystem: Plant communities, plant-pollinator interactions, & climate change.

2016Role: text_match

student_paper

Use of Low Quality Pollen by Asteraceae-Specialist Osmia Mason Bees (Hymenoptera: Megachilidae)

2016Role: text_match

thesis

The evolutionary ecology of ultraviolet floral pigmentation

2015Role: text_match

student_paper

Asteraceae pollen specialization affects vulnerability to brood parasitism in mason bees (Hymenoptera: Megachilidae).

2014Role: text_match

article

Selection of trait combinations through bee and fly visitation to flowers of Polemonium foliosissimum

2014Journal of Evolutionary BiologyRole: text_match

article

Dose-dependent effects of nectar alkaloids in a montane plant-pollinator community

2013Journal of EcologyRole: text_match

article

Maintenance of temporal synchrony between syrphid flies and floral resources despite differential phenological responses to climate

2013Global Change BiologyRole: text_match

student_paper

Spatial variation in bee abundance and diversity across southern Rocky Mountain habitats

2013Role: text_match

student_paper

There's no place like home: Investigating the ideal nesting requirements of Megachilidae bees in the Rocky Mountains of Colorado

2012Role: study subject

student_paper

Understanding the importance of coniferous understory versus open meadows for bees in times of drought

2012Role: text_match

article

An examination of synchrony between insect emergence and flowering in Rocky Mountain meadows

2011Ecological MonographsRole: text_match

article

Seasonal change in a pollinator community and the maintenance of style length variation in Mertensia fusiformis (Boraginaceae)

2011Annals of BotanyRole: text_match

student_paper

A study of correlational selection through floral manipulations of Polemonium foliosissimum (Polemoniaceae)

2010Role: text_match

thesis

Plant–Pollinator interactions in a changing climate

2010Role: text_match

article

Toward a synthetic understanding of the role of phenology in ecology and evolution

2010Phil. Trans. R. Soc. BRole: text_match

student_paper

Is there a positive correlation between bee size and size parameters of the flowers the bees visit for pollen to provision their nests?

2009Role: text_match

article

Nectar sugar limits larval growth of solitary bees (Hymenoptera: Megachilidae)

2009Environmental EntomologyRole: text_match

thesis

The effects of mine disturbance and contamination on pollination of subalpine wildflowers

2009Role: text_match

article

The importance of interannual variation and bottom-up nitrogen enrichment for plant-pollinator networks

2009OikosRole: text_match

student_paper

Variation in the structure and dynamics of bee assemblages across distinct montane meadows

2009Role: text_match

thesis

Bottom-up effects of nutrient enrichment on plants, pollinators, and their interactions

2008Role: text_match

student_paper

Effect of Soil Metals on Pollination of Subalpine Wildflowers

2008Role: text_match

article

Pollen limitation and cleistogamy in subalpine Viola praemorsa

2008BotanyRole: text_match

thesis

Reciprocal benefits in a plant-pollinator mutualism

2008Role: text_match

student_paper

The effect of sampling effort on species richness estimates of flower visitors

2007Role: text_match

student_paper

The Effects of Soil Nitrogen Availability on Plant Reproduction and Solitary Bee Behavior

2006Role: text_match

article

Temporal and spatial variation in pollination of a montane herb: a seven-year study

2005EcologyRole: text_match

thesis

The structure of plant-pollinator interactions in montane meadow environments

2004Role: text_match

article

Pollen transfer by hummingbirds and bumblebees, and divergence of pollination modes in Penstemon

2003EvolutionRole: text_match

article

Effect of larval body size on overwinter survival and emerging adult size in the burying beetle, Nicrophorus investigator

2002Canadian Journal of ZoologyRole: text_match

article

Altitudinal variation in body size and population density of Nicrophorus investigator (Coleoptera: Silphidae)

2000Environmental EntomologyRole: text_match

Megachilidae

Local Knowledge Graph (Top 77 entities)

Publications (80)

Fitness costs and benefits of a non-native floral resource for subalpine solitary bees

Foraging preferences of generalist Megachilidae

Shorter seasonal snow cover poses a risk to solitary bee populations in a mountainous ecosystem

Up high, hot and dry: Individual reproductive output in subalpine bees declines with increasing drought severity

Phenological drivers and consequences for solitary bees

Pollen chemical and mechanical defences restrict host-plant use by bees

Solitary bee genera differ in foraging activity timing and temperature; Evidence of a seasonal dietary shift in Hoplitis fulgida

How season length and diet breadth limit mason bee success across an elevational gradient

Documents (1)

Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; Designation of Critical Habitat for Ipomopsis polyantha (Pagosa skyrocket), Penstemon debilis (Parachute beardtongue), and Phacelia submutica (DeBeque phacelia)

Co-occurring Species

Osmia

Andrenidae

Megachile

Andrena

Hymenoptera

Halictus virgatellus

solitary bees

Bombus bifarius

Bombus terrestris

Bombus impatiens

Looking through leftovers: an analysis of bee bowl bycatch

The causes and consequences of pollen defence

Bumble bee queen plasticity and social regulation of traits

Effects of Temperature on Voltinism in Subalpine Potter Wasps (Vespidae: Eumeninae)

Life-history traits predict responses of wild bees to climate variation

Perturbations in plant-pollinator networks: Integrating theoretical and empirical approaches to understand responses to global change

Removing flowers of a generalist plant changes pollinator visitation, composition, and interaction network structure

Simultaneous niche expansion and contraction in plant–pollinator networks under drought

Tritrophic mutualisms in a changing climate

Chemical Variation among Castes, Female Life Stages and Populations of the Facultative Eusocial Sweat Bee <i> Halictus rubicundus </i> (Hymenoptera: Halictidae)

Chemical Variation among Castes, Female Life Stages and Populations of the Facultative Eusocial Sweat Bee <i> Halictus rubicundus </i> (Hymenoptera: Halictidae)

Effects of Climate Variation and Nesting Traits on Sex Ratios of Adult Solitary Bees

Experimental Test of the Combined Effects of Water Availability and Flowering Time on Pollinator Visitation and Seed Set

From the ground up: Building predictions for how climate change will affect belowground mutualisms, floral traits, and bee behavior

Global Warming, Advancing Bloom and Evidence for Pollinator Plasticity from Long-Term Bee Emergence Monitoring

Impacts of brood parasites, floral abundance, and bee age on maternal investment in a solitary bee, <i> Osmia iridis </i>

The effects of anthropogenic change on pollination in plant-pollinator communities

Understanding pollen specialization in mason bees: a case study of six species

Bee phenology is predicted by climatic variation and functional traits

Climate Change and Parasitism: An Investigation into Parasitic Bees' Climate Responses as Compared to their Hosts

Pollinator visitation rate and effectiveness vary with flowering phenology

Adaptation and diversification of bluebells <i>Mertensia</i> spp., Boranginaceae

Effects of weather and floral density on foraging activity of cavity nesting bees (<i> Osmia </i>spp.)

Floral reward strategies, visitor behavior, and plant reproductive outcomes

How vulnerable are pollen-specialist solitary bees to temperature-mediated shifts in the timing of food availability?

Niche breadth changes in response to environmental perturbation: the impact of early snowmelt on subalpine plant-pollinator specialization

Pollen and vegetative secondary chemistry of three pollen-rewarding lupines

The function of floral orientation in bluebells: interactions with pollinators and rain in two species of <i> Mertensia </i> (Boraginaceae)

Two-year bee or not two-year bee? How voltinism is affected by temperature and season length in a high-elevation solitary bee

Effects of Climate Change on Plants, Pollinators and Their Interactions

Examining the impact of pollen diet composition on bee development and lifespan

Nesting Preferences of Osmia Bees in the Rocky Mountains

Nesting aggregation as a predictor of brood parasitism in mason bees (<i>Osmia spp.</i>)

Direct benefits and indirect costs of warm temperatures for high-elevation populations of a solitary bee

Interactions between bee foraging and floral resource phenology shape bee populations and communities

Interannual bumble bee abundance is driven by indirect climate effects on floral resource phenology

Plant-Pollinator Interactions and Environmental Change: Effects of Experimental Changes in Phenology and Water Availability on a Montane Wildflower

Selection for early reproduction in the solitary bee <i>Hoplitis fulgida</i>

Variability in the effectiveness of <i>Penstemon strictus</i> pollinators and the role that water availability plays

Asteraceae pollen provisions protect <i>Osmia</i> mason bees (Hymenoptera: Megachilidae) from brood parasitism

Nesting aggregation as a determinant of brood parasitism in mason bees (<i>Osmia</i> spp.)

Temporal ecology of a subalpine ecosystem: Plant communities, plant-pollinator interactions, & climate change.

Use of Low Quality Pollen by Asteraceae-Specialist Osmia Mason Bees (<i>Hymenoptera: Megachilidae</i>)

The evolutionary ecology of ultraviolet floral pigmentation

Asteraceae pollen specialization affects vulnerability to brood parasitism in mason bees (Hymenoptera: Megachilidae).

Selection of trait combinations through bee and fly visitation to flowers of <i>Polemonium foliosissimum</i>

Dose-dependent effects of nectar alkaloids in a montane plant-pollinator community

Maintenance of temporal synchrony between syrphid flies and floral resources despite differential phenological responses to climate

Spatial variation in bee abundance and diversity across southern Rocky Mountain habitats

There's no place like home: Investigating the ideal nesting requirements of Megachilidae bees in the Rocky Mountains of Colorado

Understanding the importance of coniferous understory versus open meadows for bees in times of drought

An examination of synchrony between insect emergence and flowering in Rocky Mountain meadows

Seasonal change in a pollinator community and the maintenance of style length variation in Mertensia fusiformis (Boraginaceae)

A study of correlational selection through floral manipulations of <i></i>Polemonium foliosissimum<i></i> (Polemoniaceae)

Plant–Pollinator interactions in a changing climate

Toward a synthetic understanding of the role of phenology in ecology and evolution